Enrico Scuro Photographs

The collection consists of 456 black-and-white and color inkjet prints of photographs by Italian photographer Enrico Scuro that document Movimento ’77 and other social, cultural, and political events in Italy, 1976-1981.

The following is a summary of the main series and their contents. Photographs document:

- Radio Alice and creative Autonomia: photographs of political happenings and of a trip to Germany by member of the free radio after it was shut down by the police.

- Countercultural youth gatherings: Proletarian Youth Festival at Parco Lambro, Milan, and Umbria Jazz Youth Festival in 1976, and a festival in the Abruzzo National Park, 1977.

- Movimento ’77 and related protests: occupation of university buildings, demonstrations, construction of parade props. Riots and mass protest following the death of Francesco Lorusso. Political happenings, parades, gatherings, and a march following the death of Giorgiana Masi in May 1977. Photographs of the International Congress against Repression in Bologna in September 1977.

- Street art, murals, and graffiti.

- Marches and demonstrations following the kidnapping and killing of Aldo Moro in May 1978.

- Exhibitions and performances, including concerts by Skiantos and Patti Smith, performances by John Cage, Julian Beck and Judith Malina from the Living Theater, an exhibition by Fluxus artists and other cultural events associated with the avant-garde, 1978-1979.

- Gay Pride in Bologna, 1980.

- Organized squats of unoccupied buildings by the Tenants Union, 1981.

Notable subjects in the collection include Nanni Moretti, Dario Luigi, Angelo Fo, Tomás Maldonado, Umberto Eco, Luigi Squarzina, Julian Beck and Judith Malina from the Living Theater, Fluxus artists, and John Cage.

Inkjet prints on baryta paper, 7 ¾ x 11 ¾ inches (20 X 30 centimeters). Chiefly in black-and-white with a few prints in color (numbered 398-402, 422-424). Titled, numbered, and stamped on the verso by Enrico Scuro. Printed approximately 2021.